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World VFX Day 2025: Global Line-Up Revealed
WētāFX, ILM, Framestore, Adobe and more join World VFX Day 2025 this December, streaming live from London.
“A Model of Madness” Scott Ross Why VFX Fails as a Business
Scott Ross: VFX is “a model of madness.” ILM, Digital Domain, and decades later, the business still cannot stand on three legs.
Monkeys, the fourth
The time has come: the next part of the "Planet of the Apes" saga - now number four - will be released in cinemas on 8 May. And that's why we simply asked Weta how they - instead of the apes - built the environment.
Countdown to the FMX! 2 weeks!
Only 2 weeks to go until FMX! Now confirmed: Avatar 2r and Ant-Man and the Wasp, as well as expert panels on virtual production and AI-based voice and image generators.
That girl is green!
For Marvel Studio‘s most recent streaming series, “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law”, the concept of a workplace dramewdy (think Ally McBeal, 90s kids!) merges with Superhero-battles (think all the Marvel movies, comic-book-geeks!) – leading to 6-foot-
7-inch-sized, gorgeously green,
super-powered viewing pleasures.
A conversation with VFX Production Coordinator Erika Feijoo Spena and Visual Effects Supervisor Chris Smallfield about Hulk-ifications at VFX-powerhouse Trixter.
Star for Stuttgart | Retro article
Review: In DP 06 : 2014, we went into conversation with performance capturing pioneer Andy Serkis - chatting about Planet of the Apes. An encounter at FMX 2014.
A new journey begins
Review: In DP 01 : 2013, Weta Digital went back to Middle-earth with Peter Jackson. For the prequel trilogy "The Hobbit", the New Zealanders transferred fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien's prequel to the big screen.
Bats, spiders and witches: FMX 2022!
New programme highlights of the Stuttgart "Film & Media Exchange" announced. Among them: "The Batman", "Spider-Man: No Way Home" and "The Witcher"!
Adventures in the alien ghetto
Review: In DP 06 : 2009, the sci-fi surprise hit "District 9" flashed us - with big green aliens that look like a cross between a shrimp and a grasshopper.
The Green Knight | VFX-Breakdown
Smart as a Fox: This knight's tale is sure to make it onto your must-watch lists.
New home for Weta Digital | Business
Winter Sale at Peter Jackson: The filmmaker sells his VFX department - to game engine developer Unity!
The BFG | VFX-Breakdown
Visual effects with giant growth: Weta Digital lets Sophie and the giant off the leash!
Weta Digital & SideFX | Economy
Houdini goes on holiday to Windy Wellington: partnership with Wetah.
Black Widow | VFX-Breakdown
New VFXs from Weta Digital? That's where we're heading - like a pig to a trough.
The Day the Earth Stood Still | VFX-Breakdown
Human in vitro? No, just the day Weta Digital sent Keanu Reeves to Earth.
Independence Day: Resurgence | VFX-Breakdown
The Federal Minister of Transport warns: squeaky yellow American school buses attract alien monsters!
Weta Digital Breaks Down Rise of the Planet of the Apes VFX
A Weta Digital breakdown revisits the performance-capture and visual-effects work behind Caesar in Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Weta Digital Breaks Down War for the Planet of the Apes VFX
Four Weta Digital breakdowns examine the hidden fortress, ape facial animation, prison camp and FX simulations in War for the Planet of the Apes.
Weta Digital Breaks Down Valerian’s Compositing, FX and Characters
Three Weta Digital breakdowns examine compositing, effects simulations and performance capture for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.
Zoo Tools Pro 2.5 Expands Its Modular Maya Toolkit
Zoo Tools Pro 2.5 updated Andrew Silke’s Python-based Maya framework with revised animation tools plus improvements to modelling, texturing and lighting.
Matt Aitken on Weta’s Digital Characters
Matt Aitken traces Weta Digital’s character pipeline from Gollum and Kong to Thanos, facial solvers, Manuka and cloud rendering.
FMX Spotlight Explores the VFX Behind Mulan’s Imperial City
VFX supervisor Anders Langlands explains how the imperial city was created for Disney’s live-action Mulan.
Alita: Battle Angel | VFX-Breakdown
Weta Digital amazes: realistic facial expressions for the anime character.
Unreal Build 2020 Examines Virtual Production Workflows
Epic Games’ free Unreal Build event brought studios and artists together to discuss virtual production, Unreal Engine 4.26 and Weta Digital.
Weta PhysLight Brings Physical Values to Manuka
Weta Digital’s PhysLight toolset lets the Manuka renderer use physically based values such as colour temperature and on-set camera data.
RISE Rebuilds Babylon Berlin in VFX
RISE’s season-three VFX reel reveals the digital extensions and period reconstruction behind Babylon Berlin’s interwar cityscapes.
Weta Digital Opens Animation Division
Weta Digital launched an animation division under CEO Prem Akkaraju, extending the Wellington studio beyond visual effects production.
Industry Panel: The Pipeline of the Future
How do TDs and supervisors from major studios imagine the pipeline of the future? There was an exciting panel discussion about it at Siggraph!
That was FMX 2019!
FMX 2019 is over and most visitors have successfully returned home: A short recap of this year's trade conference!
VFX | Infinity War Breakdown by Weta
Compositing, FX simulations, environments and more: new VFX breakdowns for Avengers: Infinity War from Weta Digital.
animago CONFERENCE Programme at a Glance
Who, when, what, where? Here we have the schedule for this year’s animago CONFERENCE on September 7 and 8.
animago CONFERENCE Highlights 2017
Just under one month until the animago AWARD & CONFERENCE! We already have plenty of program items to announce for this year's conference at Munich's Gasteig. Here is the overview.
Third Ape Round for Weta
The final part of the "Planet of the Apes" trilogy opens in German cinemas on August 3. This video shows some of the technology behind the epic VFX work for which Weta was responsible.
VFX of “The Jungle Book”
This CGMeetup video looks behind the scenes of "The Jungle Book". The VFX studios responsible for the project were MPC and Weta.
Weta’s Beginnings
The jumpers, hairstyles and PCs of the early 1990s were incredible: this short documentary shows how it all began at Weta Digital.
The CG monkeys are loose
Review: In DP 06 : 2014, Weta Digital set to work on the second instalment of Planet of the Apes. A conversation with VFX supervisor Dan Lemmon about primates, performance capturing and premium VFX.
From another star | Retro article
Review: In DP 01 : 2010, Weta Digital created a wacky planet, alien life forms and humanoid screen heroes. For what? For James Cameron's Avatar!
“King Kong”: Trailer and Postproduction Diary Online
Extensive production reports available as QuickTime files